Europe 1 with AFP 20:33 p.m., April 02, 2023
The dissident socialist Martine Froger won Sunday the by-election opposing her in Ariège to the outgoing deputy Nupes/LFI Bénédicte Taurine. The first constituency of Ariège had become on the occasion of this election an issue of the war of the left.The dissident socialist Martine Froger won Sunday the by-election opposing her in Ariège to the outgoing deputy Nupes / LFI Bénédicte Taurine, we learned Sunday from the prefecture. Martine Froger, 61, supported by the PS president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga, and the number 2 of the party, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, won 11,758 votes (i.e. 60.19% of the vote) against outgoing Bénédicte Taurine, a 46-year-old rebellious candidate officially supported by the Left Union (LFI, EELV, PS and PCF) which won 7,776 (39.81% of the vote).
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A stake in the war of the left
In the first round, Bénédicte Taurine came out ahead with 31.18% of the vote while Martine Froger took second place with 26.42% of the vote. The first constituency of Ariège had become on the occasion of this election an issue of the war of the left between the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure, who supported the rebellious under the Nutes agreement, and the number 2 Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, defender of the dissident.